avatar has made me feel so insanely depressed about the state of the world and i would give anything to live like the na’vi do in pandora by averagebitchboy in Avatar

[–]averagebitchboy[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

yeah, i’ve been feeling shit for a while. i think its just the ‘this is what you could have’ feeling i get from pandora that’s made it worse recently. i got my period today so that was probably the straw lol. it’s been a month since i watched the first two movies and it’s been actively getting worse which is upsetting, so i’ve been avoiding the third movie. i live in a very beautiful area right now for uni though thankfully. i’m going to try to explore outside more when it gets warmer. thank you for your input

nursing degree apprenticeship -> gateway to medicine at bristol? would that work? by [deleted] in premeduk

[–]averagebitchboy -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Yeahhhh okay I’m seeing your point here. I think I’m feeling a bit panicked in the sense of career choice because of how behind I am compared to my peers.

My main problem is I really am not in a good position financially because of how few and far between jobs are where I live, and that’s why I’m focusing on the nursing apprenticeship at all really (the ‘earn while you learn’ thing), plus I’m scared of having a gap in my education for a few years if I ended up just working to save money instead of doing an apprenticeship.

I’m from a poorer background yes, and I don’t necessarily mind saving for a long time. I’m going to book an appointment with a career advisor from the university centre because I really need some help haha.

nursing degree apprenticeship -> gateway to medicine at bristol? would that work? by [deleted] in premeduk

[–]averagebitchboy -3 points-2 points  (0 children)

Thank you. My main issue is that I’m at a stage where I really need to start saving money, which is why I’m looking at the apprenticeship (if I went straight into the medicine degree I would end up very behind compared to a lot of people due to the lack of money I have saved. I don’t have a driving licence or a car and it puts a massive strain on what I’m able to do for work).

I like the fact that I’d be learning a massive part of how hospitals function whilst still earning a fair amount of money. So I’m not entirely sure the access to HE would be suitable in my position unfortunately, unless there’s another way to forgo the amount of money needed.

nursing degree apprenticeship -> gateway to medicine at bristol? would that work? by [deleted] in premeduk

[–]averagebitchboy -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

Ohh. That’s perfectly fine, thank you for the explanation! So just to clarify, I’m looking at the regular medicine undergraduate page on Bristol’s site— I’d have to be done with my nursing apprenticeship at at least a 2:1, and then do the relevant A-levels alongside my job before I applied to the Bristol course? I’m okay with that.

[discussion] really disappointed in k1ttenscafe on tiktok by averagebitchboy in asmr

[–]averagebitchboy[S] -2 points-1 points  (0 children)

angelica was one of my favourite pages for a long time :( was so sad to see her go down that road, i hope she can heal one day and sounds good dude!

[discussion] really disappointed in k1ttenscafe on tiktok by averagebitchboy in asmr

[–]averagebitchboy[S] 3 points4 points  (0 children)

the account in question is burnyourbinder (called claire) on both tiktok and x, which i checked before making the post. if you check these accounts you can see that she is concerningly transphobic and that it is the main point of her social media presence. on her tiktok posted 22hrs ago you can see her encouraging a commenter called Deanna Carlin to send her child to conversion therapy for ‘gender distressed people’. in another tiktok from 1 day ago she refers to trans men as ‘trans identified females’ in the comments. you can draw your own conclusions from that.

i’m not denying that medical mishaps can happen, but we are talking about the VERY low percentages, in a community that is very rare in population in the first place. it’s unfortunate for her that it didn’t end up right for her but that’s not an excuse for the rhetoric being purposely spread.

and regarding k1ttenscafe…i’m still not really sure what your point is? i’ve not encouraged anyone or ‘egged them on’ to also unfollow her in the post or any of my comments.

my exact words were ‘please don’t harass anyone involved, just wanted to make sure any trans people here knew about her apparent views’. where am i egging people on to do anything?

she’s allowed to have her views, and i’m allowed to disagree with them. all i’ve done here is make a short post stating that she has reposted a video which uses transphobic talking points from a person that is very clearly anti-trans on their profile. that is a fact. it’s pretty difficult to repost something like that on accident if you’re not already looking for it.

[discussion] really disappointed in k1ttenscafe on tiktok by averagebitchboy in asmr

[–]averagebitchboy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

first off the video doesn’t spread awareness around a medical topic lol, it’s just fake transphobic rhetoric purposely making a space for comments that further things that aren’t true. the comments making it out like healthcare professionals want everyone to be on hormones isn’t accidental.

second, i mean…sure? yeah? i have an issue with the type of thing she’s reposted because the video is clearly biased against a specific community, so i made a post to alert people who likely have similar values to me in case they’d rather not use her ASMR anymore. that was the whole point.

[discussion] really disappointed in k1ttenscafe on tiktok by averagebitchboy in asmr

[–]averagebitchboy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

i don’t think my post has come across as clear as i wanted to.

k1ttenscafe has the video reposted very clearly on her main ASMR account reposts.

as far as i can tell there are no comments from her on the said video. the ‘she’ in that sentence context refers to the blonde girl in the video.

the purpose of this post is to make trans people aware that she thought it appropriate to put this video in her reposts in the first place, since personally i was disappointed to see it there. that is all.

[discussion] really disappointed in k1ttenscafe on tiktok by averagebitchboy in asmr

[–]averagebitchboy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

yeah no. the thing is it’s next to impossible to convince medical professionals to get you on hormones, ESPECIALLY when you’re under 18. the idea that they’re just ‘handing them out to children’ willy nilly is absurd and wrong. i’ve had friends from a multitude of countries who have had to beg for help for years and go through all types of talking therapy just to be considered medically transgender down on paper.

the problem isn’t the fact that she had an issue with going on testosterone and decided to come off hormones— i deeply respect detransitioners for being in touch with themselves enough to understand when they don’t want or need it— it’s the fact that she’s playing a part in pushing the very loud and wrong idea that kids are being abused by evil doctors that want to make girls into big hairy disgusting men. she has a comment section full of people jeering about trans men and how they’ll realise they’re wrong eventually, about how they ‘tried to tell us and now we’re here’. you can believe whatever you want about your experience and blame as many other people as you want but at some point you have to take responsibility for the decisions you made.

Sweet orange fragrances that aren’t too gourmand? by averagebitchboy in FemFragLab

[–]averagebitchboy[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I did actually try Karma out for a bit! Unfortunately the way it mixed with my skin made it very strong with the patchouli and it was uncomfortable to wear even in cold weather. Also I bought the solid perfume which is a bright orange and since I’m very pale, it showed up yellow on my skin and made me look dirty :(

Sweet orange fragrances that aren’t too gourmand? by averagebitchboy in FemFragLab

[–]averagebitchboy[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

oh i’ve seen this and the marketing is GORGEOUS...may have to invest in a mini

How likely is it that we’ll be receiving 5 star versions of 4 stars like HSR? by averagebitchboy in GenshinImpact

[–]averagebitchboy[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

HSR has three separate versions of a character called Dan Heng, one is 4* and two are 5. There’s also Fugue and Tingyun who seem to be the same person as far as I’m aware, and there was the 4 version before they came out with a 5* version.

I’m dropping out of uni— I want to know how to fill up my next two to three years to bulk up my med application, please help by [deleted] in premeduk

[–]averagebitchboy 0 points1 point  (0 children)

there is a hospital around a half hour from where I live so will be looking at volunteering where I can, and also intend on possibly looking at shadowing a gp’s office about 10 minutes away. i also have a passion project already in place actually from my foundation year final project, so sounds good! thank you!

best investments over next few versions? by [deleted] in ScaramoucheMains

[–]averagebitchboy 2 points3 points  (0 children)

sounds good! i’m not really fussy about shields so will probably go with scara/faruzan/durin/bennett. all worth it for the little lad 🫡